Don’t get taken in by the latest Coronavirus scams

Scammers are adapting old tricks to take advantage of consumers’ fears during the Coronavirus crisis, using phone, text, email, and even snail mail to try to get your money and personal information. For example, the King County Sheriff’s Department is warning of a phone scam threatening to arrest anyone who breaks quarantine during the governor’s “stay at home” order. A Sheriff’s spokesman wants to remind the public they will never demand you pay fines over the phone.

No matter the form of the scam, you can protect yourself by never giving your personal or banking information over the phone to someone you don’t know and trust.

We researched some of the other ways scammers are trying to cash in so you can be prepared: